Remote Work for WordPress Professionals: How to Work From Home (And Stay Sane)

Remote work is an increasingly popular choice for employers and employees: employers get to enjoy the pick of the best talent from across the globe, and employees get the flexibility of working from wherever they like. For most remote workers (including me), this means working from home. Working from home or working remotely in general is on the rise: between 2012 and 2016, the number of people working remotely in the US rose from 24 to 31%, and in 2016 43% of Americans spent some time working from home (this was up on previous years).Stories about remote work from home often paint an incredibly bright picture: of flexible hours, being closer to family, and saving an hour a day on commuting times. These are some of the benefits of remote work, but this paints an inaccurate picture. Working from home can be really hard: 🙁 It can be intensely stressful, it can blur the lines between work and home (and result in working all the time, as Karol comments on this recent transparency report), and it can be lonely. Remote #work for #WordPress pros: How to work from home (and stay sane) Click To Tweet (Charts by Visualizer Lite.) This post will explore this lesser-talked-about side of remote work, specifically tailored for the WordPress community (if this inspires you to start remote work, see this list of remote WordPress jobs). We’ll discuss how to be productive whilst working from home alongside specific tactics to stay sane. Let’s get right to it:Successful… [Read full story]